It is almost time for the legalization of retail marijuana in Canada, and Pretium Group realizes there is plenty of opportunity on the business side of the industry.

That’s why the Vernon-based business firm will be hosting the Okanagan Cannabis Business Symposium on Tuesday at the Delta Grand Okanagan Conference Centre in downtown Kelowna. It is nearly sold out.

Pretium president Sherman Dahl knew something needed to be done when he noticed one recent morning that more shares of Canopy Growth, a cannabis industry leader from Smiths Falls, Ont., had been traded than those of Canada’s five major banks combined.